A terrified burglar ran like heck when confronted by the man who's house he was attempting to rob. One can imagine why he ran like the wind, too. It isn't often one is being chased down the road by an underwear and socks-clad man waving an ax handle in subfreezing weather.
(Jose) Sedillo, 46, who lives roughly four miles outside this western Colorado town, said he was dozing in his shorts, a T-shirt and socks Monday afternoon when he heard noises and an intruder opened his bedroom door.
"I jumped up. He looked me right in the eye. I reached for my bat, and off to the races we went," Sedillo said. He said his "bat" is actually the hickory handle of a pick ax.
After Sedillo called 911, Garfield County deputies arrested two suspects. Sedillo identified one as the man who barged into his bedroom.
Sedillo says that he's glad he wasn't wearing a thong. Since the current temperature in Silt is running at about 20° F, he should be happy. He could have frozen something right off.
On the other hand, the story would have been even funnier than it already is.
Good for Jose. One of the old maxims is that if you can’t fight in the nude, you can’t really fight. Looks like Mr. Sedillo has internalized that.
Funny story. Somewhat similar story which I read while researching lever-action rifles;
A fellow was sitting in the upper part of his house when he heard a strange noise downstairs. He picked up his Marlin lever-action rifle, casually chambered a round, and went downstairs. To his surprise, his front door is wide open and he sees a man running like a nut down the street away from his house. He realized that the guy had broken in and theorized that the sound of the lever-action rifle’s action, featured in most westerns soundtracks, scared the guy off.
Perhaps a sound effects security alarm might work?
That’s why the advice for home defense is a pump shotgun for most people. The sound of the round being chambered is enough to make most sane burglars to rabbit.
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